Teacher: Identify real natural resources with local connections
Students: Take a survey to determine interests for groupings
Teachers: Big assembly to roll out the project for all students (all classes, all teachers participate, united cause and vision for all)
Students: Understand the resource in general
Students: Apply the knowledge to our local area
Students: Blog throughout experience to reflect, check in on progress, brainstorm, etc.
Students: Arrange for and participate in tours, interviews, experiments, volunteer experiences, problem solving, etc. with the resource in the real world
Students: Promote the natural resource to educate community members - the Action. Includes the following 3 components with great flexibility in all but the storyboard.
Natural Resources PBL
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ISTE NETS Standards for Students
The Basics of this Project
Resources
Local resources from Carol Roth
The Kick-Off (see video of Keynote at right)
The Topics and Components
The Rubrics
The Products
The Celebration